Hostile Environment: Lethal Projectiles Fomented by Media Stereotypes

What if a youthful Bill Gates had a Trayvon Martin moment?. . . The media have a way of labeling everyone, neatly and cruelly compartmentalizing all into boxes of convenience. Because of myriad plots from thousands of movies produced since the advent of the motion picture, the mind is programmed to typecast everyone in a millisecond. Individuals are sorted by race, clothing, body-piercings, hair style, swagger, you name it. With it comes prepackaged profiling, prejudged conclusions. (Ever t...